That was quite amusing, Tom! I should add that the Braille is not on the screen where it's actually needed. I still have to have a sighted person help me with those things. It's easier to just go into the bank and take care of things with an actual person. Blindness does have it's advantages though. I can be more in tune with my Mercedes than the one who's driving it since I can hear every noise, feel every bump, etc. I don't need light wyile probing under the dash or way down inside the engine compartment, and there's been a few times I could feel some tiny or hard-to-reach/see part and was able to save the day. Of course, valve adjustment is quite a tactile job too, but that's where the advantages end since I can't see how much grease is under my fingernails after dealing with the oily valve train parts. I'll always remember how that dead '81 300CD was towed and pushed into the garage, but was able to be driven out of the garage under its own power once I adjusted the valves. I'll be quite a bit more confident when adjusting the valves on the '83 300SD. Right now, it's laid up in storage with the bad ball joint, but it doesn't have a place to park at the temporary apartment. By the end of the year, I'll have a new house with a garage in which to work on it. The ball joint will be done by the pros once I find a shop here in the Portland, OR area. Does anyone (Alex) have any recommendations?
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